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Well pigs_is_pigs did mention the Linea. Both the Linea and GS3 are good machines. I'd definetly get a K30 over an EK-43 though. I don't really know why people keep buying those for espresso, the grind consistency is better on the K30, it's got pulse control, its super quiet, it's low temp so it doesn't head up the coffee grounds as much and the new version has a fan that drops that even lower.

I started typing my reply up before /u/pigs_is_pigs commented, so at that point no one had mentioned the linea.

The k30 and the EK-43 have completely different distributions. The K30 works better if you approach espresso like most places do now. The EK only really works if you completely re-think how you do espresso, you can get much higher extraction numbers that taste fantastic, but to do that you have to use different roast profiles and serve larger espressos. We're working through all of this right now at cartel.

That said, I'd get it for personal use because for the aforementioned "coffee shots" and allonges it blows anything else out of the water.